Some time ago, people were a property of the land lord. they belonged to the land.
The land lord could rape women, kill, abuse the inhabitants of his land etc.
Now, since we are born with a tax number and die with it, there has something changed.......

This Man knows what is wrong in this world, namely the hunt for fake luxury.
Real luxury is active compassion which results in happiness, which contributes in turn to a better world and of course a better mental health.

All respect for Harrison Ford, he knows it regarding our actual climate change.
His person can reach worldwide a lot of people that is very postive.
In our world of Tibetan Buddhism, our Rinpoches could do the same, guess some of them are doing it.

The Tibetan and Western Integrative Symposium seeks to provide a context for establishing a cohesive intercultural and interdisciplinary field of medical research and clinical applications that will result in collaborative efforts to develop integrative models of healthcare. Our goal is to construct a bridge between Tibetan and Western Integrative Medicine to share the benefits and perspectives of these systems in a rigorous and open dialogue.

We invite the world’s most dedicated clinicians, healthcare professionals, physicians, researchers and educators to present their knowledge and ground breaking research in Tibetan Medicine, clinical science and integrative medicine - all with the goal of understanding the concepts of these diverse medical systems in order to reduce suffering.
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In 2018, our focus is “developing personalized care approaches”. Tibetan Medicine is an integrative and holistic system based on the 5 elements which are the building blocks of the mind/body dynamic. These elements hold our body in a state of equilibrium. According to Tibetan Medicine that balance is maintained in dependence on your unique genetically born body type. The care provided by Tibetan Medicine is not a standardized approach. Rather, it is an approach based on each individual’s unique constitution with the goal of providing a distinct and personalized mode of treatment to maintain balance.

The grown and harvesting takes many energy so in that way food is seen as precious.
To throw away food is wasting energy and on top of that a shameful deed, if we realize the many starving humans and animals worldwide.

Also at the vegetable auction happens a lot.
If they cannot get the price , because the offer of a certain product is too much, then a vegetable is destroyed. They throw then tons of tomatoes etc. in the litter.
This is the top of wasting food.

Chinese and Asian people have so their "special food" and medicine where they don´t care about the suffering of the killed / eaten animals.

Eating meat can be very extreme, like with every taste humans can have, if they enjoy their food.
Eating human flesh is also an extreme way of eating meat and is forbidden worldwide since some years.
Below a clip where one can see what is non compassion to animals, here the persons kill the animals by themselves.
These people can kill also easy humans, in case of war.........

A better and healthier world without violence to animals, direct or indirect.

Worldwide are there poachers, who kill the wild animals for different dirty reasons.
A better world if animals are not anymore killed by humans for their meat and other means.
If people defend the wild animals then why not see it in a broader sense and also defend other animals like those from the slaughter house ?
Its only a little step of emancipation / compassion.

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Jane Goodall spent her whole life observing and defending wildlife. She's now 84 and hasn't stopped fighting to save the planet. Here is her message of hope...

Seen the climate change, there are some ways to improve the health of the city, namely to built a green roof on top of a building.
China also is doing this on a large scale in their crowded and polluted cities.
This green roof system has many advantages and for instance one is that it cools in summer.
I saw already in 1980 in Portugal / Algarve that some Dutchmen had green roofs with grass. This was special grass which could endure high temperatures. The effect was remarkable, a cool house in the summer time.

Planting roofs was also 20 years ago suggested by the Dutch prime minister, but this alternative landed in the trash can.
But now again big news for a better health in the city .

The sea level will rise and i guess Holland / Pais Bas / Paisos Bajos / The Nether lands will be flooded , if the dikes are not elevated in time.
That was already known 20 years ago that the dikes must be elevated 2 meter , now it will be more.
I am living in the southern part of Holland and we live 350 meter above the sea level.

Already now at the moment many northern Dutchmen removed to our area, because of that danger.

Living alongside the rivers is also dangerous at the moment. Some rivers like the German Rhine flushes into the North Sea in western Holland.
They are digging at the moment deep holes to collect the water temporal in case of a flood.

All in all its true that the sea levels are rising.

A better health with a better climate
Planting trees and improve the Nature , that is a must.

Guess the money for war and weapons must be invest in Nature like woods and clean oceans, the only way.
But that is not understood by the war lords.

The heart on the right side, or having Compassion with suffering sentient beings, can be an active mentality.
We all know it, the hobos and other homeless humans who are starving daily.
There are some great Bodhisattvas who are active regarding these poor homeless people.

The slaughter house and what happens there sometimes.......
A better world is a world without slaughter houses, houses of cruelties and pain which are not in line with the view of the Bodhisattva, or are they maybe ?

First this is NOT an advertisement for ALDI Supermarkets, but an explanation for obtaining healthy food somewhere in the USA, which is very rare.

This topic contributes to a better health in the USA, that is all.......

So if the Mods see this as an advertisement then feel so free to delete this topic, no problem.
Could keep the name Aldi secret, but then Americans are never informed where to buy healthy food.

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Good news for Americans !
We all know how unhealthy the products from American supermarkets can be.

German retailer Aldi has announced that as of January 1st they will be removing 8 pesticides from all products on its U.S. stores shelves. The food chain is making a name for itself as a health-focused supermarket in recent times. With low prices AND a focus on health, Aldi is gaining a reputation as the food conscious shoppers go-to store....